Sorry bk, I understand that there is nothing people on pot boards hate more than people who have actually had success at it. Get over it guy. If you've been growing for 20 years and haven't made millions (if making money was your goal) then you're doing something wrong. I can point to a handful of people on these boards that have made millions. And we don't even do dime bags in Japan, we sell by the kilo.
Anyway, what's his name above had problem with me saying that I read something on the net that talked about studies. It's true, no citations were given for the studies that the person speaks of so that's how I worded it. Here is what he said.
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Studies on defoliation have showed that a majority of species of plants, show an ability or buffer to compensate for some type of structural damage during its life. Its almost expected by plants that some event will happen and that it be prepared. What defoliation studies have in common, is that plants are not negatively impacted by the loss of leaves up to a certain point (around 25%). It seems that a plant will typically have more leaves than it requires, almost as if history has taught it to anticipate the loss of leaves through enviromental factors. This was some of the conclusions by people conducting these studies.
Now a plant holds the ability to store nutrients (photosynthate) in its roots, branches, leaves and fruit. This is its major storage sink during growth and vegetation. However in the event of stress, injury or sickness, a plant may be able to redirect this stored energy through a process called phloem translocation. Some plants have enough stored resources that they can revegetate, if all their top growth is removed. Cannabis does not hold this ability but it may be possible that all plants have some degree of stored energy to respond to stressful events. In the partial defoliation studies, some report the event where the variables grew taller than the controls. Suggesting that the plants response to reduced leaf numbers, caused them to branch out to create new leaves to sustain its level of photosynthetic capacity. This response could be aided by stored resources through phloem translocation. This also brings up the interesting reason of why supercropping (i like to call it scropping) may appear to increase growth and vigor.
However, to all extent there has been no evidence to support this. The problem here is that any resources that is moved because of a stress response, is prioritizing it for the repair of damage or the development of new leaves. This has been observed by many, as a delay in flowering due to the stress induced by defoliation."
But if anybody is really interested in looking up studies on non-cannabis plants google is your friend. Here is a good piece https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3996606/
But I don't think people really want to know to be honest. I think they want to act like dickwads on the net and carry on course.
Anyway, what's his name above had problem with me saying that I read something on the net that talked about studies. It's true, no citations were given for the studies that the person speaks of so that's how I worded it. Here is what he said.
"
Studies on defoliation have showed that a majority of species of plants, show an ability or buffer to compensate for some type of structural damage during its life. Its almost expected by plants that some event will happen and that it be prepared. What defoliation studies have in common, is that plants are not negatively impacted by the loss of leaves up to a certain point (around 25%). It seems that a plant will typically have more leaves than it requires, almost as if history has taught it to anticipate the loss of leaves through enviromental factors. This was some of the conclusions by people conducting these studies.
Now a plant holds the ability to store nutrients (photosynthate) in its roots, branches, leaves and fruit. This is its major storage sink during growth and vegetation. However in the event of stress, injury or sickness, a plant may be able to redirect this stored energy through a process called phloem translocation. Some plants have enough stored resources that they can revegetate, if all their top growth is removed. Cannabis does not hold this ability but it may be possible that all plants have some degree of stored energy to respond to stressful events. In the partial defoliation studies, some report the event where the variables grew taller than the controls. Suggesting that the plants response to reduced leaf numbers, caused them to branch out to create new leaves to sustain its level of photosynthetic capacity. This response could be aided by stored resources through phloem translocation. This also brings up the interesting reason of why supercropping (i like to call it scropping) may appear to increase growth and vigor.
However, to all extent there has been no evidence to support this. The problem here is that any resources that is moved because of a stress response, is prioritizing it for the repair of damage or the development of new leaves. This has been observed by many, as a delay in flowering due to the stress induced by defoliation."
But if anybody is really interested in looking up studies on non-cannabis plants google is your friend. Here is a good piece https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3996606/
But I don't think people really want to know to be honest. I think they want to act like dickwads on the net and carry on course.
